Elephant Communication is the Subject of Trinity University Presentation

SAN ANTONIO – Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, co-founder and CEO of Utopia Scientific in San Diego, will present “What Elephants Can Teach Us About the Importance of Communication and Social Bonds” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in Room 437 of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Connell-Rodwell, an instructor in the department of otolaryngology-HNS at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has studied elephant ecology and behavior for more than 15 years, publishing 25 articles on the subject. She recently published her research findings from studying elephants in Africa in her book, The Elephant’s Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa (2008, University of Chicago Press). She obtained her doctorate in ecology from the University of California.

Utopia Scientific, which she helped launch in 2010, promotes awareness of the importance of science, public health, and conservation through research, raising funds to conduct research of real-world importance.

The talk is sponsored by the Trinity departments of classical studies, physics, biology, art and art history, geosciences, and computer sciences, plus the International Studies program, Environmental Studies program, and the Integrated Research in Math and Biology program (NSF-funded). For more information, contact Kelly Lyons, associate professor of biology, at 210-999-8438.